Español homophones
cierra/sierra
"cierra" is a verb; "sierra" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
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Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "cierra" arrives as a verb, while "sierra" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "cierra" is 6 letters, "sierra" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across cierra, sierra: aeir. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
cierra
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCV
Inventory aceir · private c
sierra
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCV
Inventory aeirs · private s
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "cierra" when you mean: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse.
- Write "sierra" when you mean: Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la letra S.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.